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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] errie806:
so i downloaded that file renamed it PC36IMG placed it on the root and held the volume down button and the power to get to the bootloader but it wont update the phone with that file. what next?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
What do you mean it won't update. Then you try the fastboot and run the exe from the pc.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] errie806:
it doesnt find the pc36img file and update the phone. how do i fastboot and run it from the pc? what do i click on
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Its named PC36IMG.zip, not PC36IMG.zip.zip? And from the bootloader, select fastboot , connect to pc, when it shows up as fastboot usb on the phone then run the ruu exe from the pc. I linked you like 3 posts up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] errie806:
the file i downloaded from you is a .exe file i renamed it so its now PC36IMG.exe. am i supposed to name it PC36IMG.zip so that its PC36IMG.zip.exe?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19699565/3.70 RUU Zip.zip This was the file you needed to rename to PC36IMG..that's probably why it didn't update. regardless, connect the phone into fastboot like I said, then run the exe file on the pc.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] errie806:
it cant connect to the phone. its in fastboot USB from the bootloader but it wont connect when i run the .exe file. is there another link for that .zip file i can try? cuz that one doesnt work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Hold on, in the meantime try re-downloading it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] errie806:
ok the download worked i had to copy the link to the browser manually but its running the update now from the bootloader
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Yea, see that's better.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] errie806:
It WORKED!!! Thank you so much. I Guess the first PC36IMG file i updated the phone with was a bad file. I could probably root it using unrevoked 3 now but im not going to try. IDK why it worked with mine and not his we are both 2.2 and we got our phones at the same time
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
No problem, but now you should be good to run unrevoked. Just install the hboot drivers, install then uninstall htc sync, then run unrevoked.
[Epic 4G General] Elixis:
So I used Oneclickroot 2.3.0 a while back, which did NOT remove asphalt or nascar or anything else that I know of and i did check the run.bat file...saw nothing regarding any removal of files.

I undid the root in order to apply the update and I still get an error...does anyone know what can be wrong? Here is the error:

Verifying current system...

assert failed: apply_patch_check ("/system/build.prop", "6d74575d0a7391c3578d907fc43f9485f8d93032", "68a96e00d1e9b40bad1491dbf63822e7be86fca6")

E:error in /sdcard/update.zip

(status 7)

Installation aborted.

Ideas, anyone?

Thanks
[Epic 4G General] Lcstyle:
Try renaming the file to just "update" and not update.zip
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Please update us about whether this solution works and good luck. Pretty sure I'm going to be in the same situation.
[Epic 4G General] Elixis:
Unfortunately this did not work. It is looking for update.zip. not update.

Anyone else? Please throw some ideas!
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
OdIN > DI18
[Epic 4G General] humdrum2009:
Odin

Odin back to stock Di18 and reapply the update zip it will work fine from there.

:D
[Epic 4G General] Elixis:
The oneclickroot didnt delete anything though. The error is saying that it is the update.zip...or is that normal? Is there any way to figure this out so that I do not have to start from scratch with everything on my phone?
[Epic 4G General] damicrobe:
Redownload the zip. That was a problem I had, and I rooted with cwm 2.5...
[Epic 4G General] Elixis:
I did this many times, I even downloaded it straight from my phone browser to single out any problems with a usb cable...still nothing.

Anyone have an alternative link to it, besides that thread thats entitled direct google download?
[Epic 4G General] Lcstyle:
Check for the existance of /system/build.prop
[Epic 4G General] Elixis:
You may be on to something. I once DID modify

windowsmgr.support_rotation_270=false

to true, using root explorer. I just changed it back.

Can someone please copy/paste the contents of this file to me?

Also, if there's a build.prop.bak file in the /system directory, would that make a difference?
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
The plot thickens! Even though I've never made such a change, I'm still interested to see how you do so I'm going to try and help you out when I get to a real computer shortly. EDIT: here it is, stock dated 9/18/10 attached.

Were you at least able to use your phone even after these failed upgrades? It'd help settle things in my mind if the answer's yes.
[Epic 4G General] JDotScott:
I did the same thing and the DI18 -> EB13 update failed on my phone 'til I reverted the build.prop file back to original ( you did save build.prop.orig didn't you :-) )

After I restored the file ot original the update completed and now I'm on EB13 waiting for EC05.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Excellent news! That means I hopefully stand a good chance of success. Anyway, the file's above for Elixis.
[Epic 4G General] Elixis:
Thanks! How exactly do I apply this file and get rid of the old one? Do I need to root again?
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
I'm far from the biggest expert here but I think you probably would, yes, then do a copy/paste with the right file explorer. I use AndExplorer and it can see the root of the phone FS (that's how I got the file actually).

My questions to you and others are:

1) is the phone still OK after a failed update.zip process

and

2) is it really necessary to UN-root in order to make the update work? (whether or not you have to root again after it's done)
[Epic 4G General] Elixis:
Yes, the phone DOES still work after a failed update process. It never started to fully undo the file....the verifications failed.

DroidApprentice, thanks so much for the build.props file...that definately helped something =]

however, I now face a NEW error when trying to install the update:

"BML:Boot: (then a bunch of random numbers and letters)

Status 7.

Any ideas on what this is?

Phone still works after this error.

I tried this both while rooted and unrooted.

Edit: I found a thread on sdx, where Firon says that you need a stock kernel to flash a stock update. The oneclickroot said something about the kernel when it installed, but doesnt it put everything back to normal when you undo it? Is there an easy fix for this, if this is the cause?
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Whew, this just gets more interesting if not frustrating, but at least you're not "soft bricking" your phone.

It's funny but I never thought One Click Root did ANYTHING to the kernel. I guess my reading about it or knowledge of it isn't as comprehensive as I thought.

I'd like to continue helping you research this issue because, like you, I would prefer not to use Odin unless I have no other choice.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Elixis, I just realized! You may have been on EB13, the first "official" Froyo update, or another ROM entirely.

I am on DI18 and that's where my build.prop file came from, a rooted with OCR DI18/Eclair phone. That may matter and just wanted to make sure you were clear on that since I'm guessing other versions may have different build.prop files which could affect the update process.
[Epic 4G General] Elixis:
I'm a noob but not that much of a noob....lol. I'm on DI18, not EB13..
[Atrix 4G General] Namuh:
I'm able to connect my Atrix to my JVC double din in car stereo system via bluetooth and it connects and pairs just fine. The problem I have is that the music "skips" or loses sound every few 20 to 30 seconds. It plays the whole music file but seems to drop out here and there. My old tilt 2 played on this same jvc beautifully using bluetooth. But the Atrix cant keep up? It happens no matter if I play music files through the stock android music player, or Power Amp player. What gives? :confused:
[Atrix 4G General] josuetenista:
I also have a JVC Kw-Avx810 with bluetooth adapter installed. I have the same problem, for calls it works perfectly but for music its a bitt frustrating to hear music skipping each 30 seconds. Sometimes I am able to hear the music without skipping and that happens when I first play the music on the phone and while the music is playing on the phone I turn on bluetooth on the phone and the after 10 seconds it begins to stream the music to the Jvc Unit without any problem. I do that every time that I wanna hear music on my Jvc unit. Havent had any more issues so far.
[Atrix 4G General] jackler1:
I use it for my ford sync and at times it will do strange things that my nokia n95 never did but for the most part it works well...
[Atrix 4G General] aloudermilk:
I had a similar problem when I had my streak. It was because I was pairing Audio with one device and bt phone with another. If you are doing this it will cause that. I use my Sony stereo just fine, will disconnect occasionally, but quality is great.
[Atrix 4G General] maledyris:
I use my atrix with my prius, and so far so good.I haven't had disconnect issues yet.
[Atrix 4G General] agentdr8:
I think it's something JVC could probably fix with a firmware update. The atrix streams just fine to both my Sony and Kenwood headunits.
[Atrix 4G General] ryaske:
I have the same problem.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/car-entertainment-ice-sat-nav/539264-help-jvc-avx33-bluetooth.html

http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/english/car/bluetooth/2007.html

The key terms:

"Usable but not stable"

, although it was not tested with Atrix, it is evidenced on both HTC and Motorola phones.

Great move JVC .. you've made your product useless to me and tarnished your reputation at the same time. Couldn't get your guys to write a new firmware ... Cant get me to buy another one of your products.

The same looks very like it will be true with Motorola's Andriod phones. Both JVC and Motorola will soon be wiped off my present or future ownership map. Woooo
[Atrix 4G General] dmdmd:
Mine drops out/ goes silent / loses bt connection about once every 8-12 minutes when connected to my sony head unit (mex-bt5100). I turn off bt then back on, then restart my streaming radio.
[Atrix 4G General] beatphreek:
I have a jvc double din unit too. I don't experience any issues with audio... however the phone is a bit garbled when connected.

Have you tried moving the bluetooth dongle to the front USB port?
[Atrix 4G General] ryaske:
i Have a single DIN (AVX33), the bluetooth is built-in so there is no dongle.

I read quite a bit about this problem .. it is related to the phone hands free profile sending signals to the headunit in a way that the headunit cannot handle without disturbing audio. It is exasberhated by low signal strength (both bluetooth signal and GSM signal), and also by the fact some andriods will give equal transmit priority to these hands-free signals that it does streaming audio. This is why turning wifi off helps a little (reduces interference). The signals that are interfering with streaming audio are the ones about battery life, and GSM signal strength. As signal strength chagnes, the phone sends out a new value despite the headunit not needing to do anything with it. This is what interupts the audio consistently but irregularly

End result .. it can be fixed by software adjustment on the andriod (do not send updates when streaming audio .. unlikely with Atrix unless Moto gets their thumbs out of their asses), by software adjustment on the receiver (unlikely as JVC is a **** company that does not care about my woes), or by mitigating the problem as I appear to be forced to do. I do this by turning off the "phone" porition of the bluetooth. Or by starting the music and THEN connecting to bluetooth. Unacceptable to me but I have no other options.

I f**king hate how complex our electronics have become and how consumers are powerless to fix these problems DESPITE the fact some of them have a higher level understanding of what the problem actually is. (therefoer I will not be purchasing anything from JVC or Motorola ever again. They prevent me from solving problems and refuse to fix them for me.)
[About XDA developers] tommyxv:
I think the phone specific forums should be listing in alphabetical order. Brand Name, then Model name. It will make it much easier to find the forum you are looking for.

EX: I'm constantly scrolling to find the HTC Thunderbolt section. HTC (phone name here) forums are all over the place.

Oh, and thx for this great site. Very helpful!
[About XDA developers] pulser_g2:
Click compact view at the top of the index. And use the "find your device" at the top right too :)
[About XDA developers] tommyxv:
That's better... Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjabo:
So I notice the screen lifting up on the bottom left corner of my phone, and I can feel it moving around when I push on the corners. It's starting to concern me, and well... it shouldn't be happening; I don't appreciate paying for something that seems like it's going to fall apart.

Apparently this is a common problem... which is weird since people give Samsung so much crap.

Anyhoo... I'm past my 30 days (they ran out at the beginning of the month, new Sprint customer as of early Feb '11) what would happen if I took this back to Sprint's store? Would they just give me a new one, or make me go through HTC?

Hardware version 0003.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
They should give you a refurb, as you still have warranty for 1 year for hardware defect just like that. Take it to the store-unrooted and all rooting files removed, and you should be fine.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjabo:
Basically the only thing I'm concerned about is having to send my phone into HTC and having to wait to get one sent to me. You think they'll just switch it out in the store?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Yea, they should just switch it out in the store. :) or worst case if they don't have one in stock, they'd order a refurb and you'd have it in a day or two, but you won't need to send it to HTC.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjabo:
Maybe I'll just deal with it.

The problem I have is... I wouldn't accept a refurbished phone. It's just a pet peeve... I paid for a new phone, I want a new phone. I don't like the idea of buying a new one that's defective somehow and getting given a refurbished phone as a replacement. It might not bother some, but I'm just anal like that.

Then again... I haven't talked to Sprint about it, so maybe they would give me a new one.

EDIT: I'll un-root and flash back to stock tomorrow then take it to Sprint on Monday and see what happens.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjabo:
duplicate post, sorry
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bigjim1488:
I've always had better luck with calling into sprint over the phone then dealing with the sprint store people
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cordell12:
I got a HTC hero that was a referb, worried that the phone was trash I kept waiting for it to go bad. It never did, in fact I sold it on eBay some time later. Refurbs are hit and miss, you will know within a few days if its a keeper. If not raise hell and get another one!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhla:
I was looking for this solution for quite a while and in fact this problem was the reason why I could not choose many great custom ROMs for everyday use as I need VPN. When searching xda forums and other sites I noticed this has been a frequent call for help from Android users.

Now I finally saw the fix in CM 6.1.3 V05 post. It says the file <ip-up-vpn> that needs to be fixed is located in /system/etc/app but I did not find such directory. The correct location is /etc/ppp and the fix is described here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1001719&highlight=vpn

or very nicely for every user here

http://software2tech.com/2010/08/12...ve-android-root-phone-vpn-connection-problem/

I hope this helps...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Linktodevil:
Vpn - cm 6.1.3 v054

Hi,

I try this in CM 6.1.3 V054 rom but don´t work, whean i try connection to VPN, nothing, just error.

Can you help me?

Sorry for may english.
[Thunderbolt General] ChrisN1313:
Put it to a real test. Went to the grand prix today in st. pete.

Didnt even have a full charge around 90%. Had 4g on all day.. Brightness all the way up. Facebook , twitter, and 2 e-mail accounts running in the background. Took tons of video clips and tons of pictures, and streamed music through the bluetooth on the way home. As I type this its been 10 hours since it came off the charger and its at 50% battery with all the same items running.

At 1st I had very very bad battery life. But after using it for a few days and then doing a battery pull (read it would get better after all this) it has been working great, with the same or more use then I was doing the 1st few days of ownership. Just wanted to share a postive experience on battery life since I keep hearing and reading so many negative things.

Edit: Thunderbolt not tunderbolt LOL
[Thunderbolt General] quattr0:
Thanks for the tip.

I'm noob w battery. Do you mean just charge it full, pull it out and put it back in and it lasts you that much? I'm skeptical....The most I could have so far is 12 hours and I have 3 bars (out of 10) left.
[Thunderbolt General] ddarvish:
The main reason people are having drain on 4g from what i heard was the software for the radio was re-written at the LAST minute (the reason for the delay) because they had to change their 700 MHz frequency just a bit higher.. something like 5 or 10 Mhz due to interference with with communication towers at airports. this sucker keeps dropping 4g like its no ones business. the new baseband which will be pushed out in the first update for the phone (hopefully in next month) should correct it.
[Thunderbolt General] mfreema:
Thats funny because i was at the gp today and my battery died before i left at 1p. Took a couple of pictures and 1 video. Used gps for like 10 mins and that was it. Stayed in my pocket for the rest of the day.
[Thunderbolt General] dredoubleu:
hmm

I Disabled my 4G with dialing the *#*#(forgot the 4 numbers)*#*# and my battery has been lasting me alot longer
[Thunderbolt General] ashura3:
I'm in a 4G area so I have the phone set to LTE mode only and I get great battery life.
[Thunderbolt General] anourack:
I probably have the worst battery life ever... 70% before putting it away and not using it. 5 hours later, I check my battery and I'm at 10%!! I didn't even use it!
[Thunderbolt General] Powell730:
my battery was about to die on me today within 3 hours of being off the charger, granted it was with heavy use.. flashing multiple roms using titanium backup etc... but i still think that is asinine..
[Thunderbolt General] ncwildcat:
flashing roms will eat battery...once you are on a rom it takes a cycle or 2 to settle
[Thunderbolt General] quattr0:
U need to learn how to charge it. Search around.
[Thunderbolt General] wgsesq:
The battery life on the TB is just as good as it was on my rooted dinc with a custom kernal. I have no complaints with stock unrooted TB so far and I use the **** out of it.
[Thunderbolt General] ZBoater:
I turned off 4g and am going 16 hours on 50% battery. Really, to sit in my pocket, do calls, text, and check email I don't need 4g. I too noticed the 4g radio switching on and off constantly. Hopefully the baseband update will fix this.
[Thunderbolt General] Nikolai2.1:
It has more to do with where you live and how good your 4G coverage is
[Thunderbolt General] FP5241:
i get 12hrs easy with moderate use. All I've done is turn off the GPS services when not needed and disable the lock screen... hope things improve for everyone having issues... :/
[Thunderbolt General] anourack:
What do you mean, is there a special way to charge it now?
[Thunderbolt General] coder_t2:
I think he may be referring to the "bump" charge. Where you charge the phone to full, unplug it, turn it off, charge it to full again, unplug, turn it on, and charge it to full again. Not sure if this is an HTC thing or just a general lithium ion battery thing. But it helps IMO.

I get about 12 hours of battery life with moderate use. I little web surfing, lots of texting, light app usage. My phone is constantly switching from 4G to 3G when I'm indoors. Outside though I'm fine. I'm surprised about the different experiences people are having with battery life.

Since I can't get through a whole day without it dying I bought a second home charger on amazon. I'd like to get the extended battery, but it looks like it'd make this phone too big at that point. I wish there was some better battery tech coming out soon, since there hasn't been too much progression on that front.
[Thunderbolt General] getsoutalive:
Turn on the wifi radio. When you are home or anywhere you have access to wifi, the device will automatically turn the 4g radio off when wifi is up. That simple change has made a huge difference and I dont have to worry about turning the 4g radio on/off manually.
[Thunderbolt General] Enzo386:
I've been seeing, under heavy use, at minimum 8 hours of use consistently since I've been through a few cycles, including bump charging the first few cycles. Also, a few things that greatly helped me:

Read somewhere that the stock blockbuster app, even if it has never been opened, has a service that updates the movie catalog in the background. Run the app, update it, and in settings turn off movie catalog updates. After doing this my battery didn't drain nearly as fast while in my pocket. I can't verify that this actually helps, but it did for me. I disabled the 4G radio since I live in a 3G area as well.

I also run Green Power as of this morning. My phone has been running over 12 hour with 3:30 of that being actual usage and I'm at 68% remaining. I have it set to 1 minute on and 10 off for data while it is locked in my pocket.

Beyond that, GPS is disabled unless I need it. So is WiFi. Brightness is at about 30%, with a widget to bump it to full when I'm outside in sunlight. I also noticed a big jump when I disabled HTC sense Facebook updates, and used stock Facebook instead. Every time I went to contacts it would download that contacts Facebook updates, which is pointless and uses data constantly under normal usage.

Of course your mileage may vary, but this all gets me through the day under normal usage, and over a half day under heavy usage.
[Thunderbolt General] nosympathy:
I am currently at 8.5 hours with 79% left on my battery. Stock Battery. If I didn't have to work tomorrow, and be able to make phone calls and such I'd leave my phone unplugged all night to see how long it can go.
[Thunderbolt General] Enzo386:
I'm assuming thats with Virus Rom as it says in your sig? If so, that makes me want to try it. I'm stock unrooted right now, haven't had time to invest in rooting the ADB original method yet, don't want to rush through it. When I do, I fully intend to try that rom out.
[Thunderbolt General] coder_t2:
I heard something like that too. It annoys the crap out of me because I like to uninstall stuff I don't use, and there are a ton of crap apps on there that I can't uninstall.
[Thunderbolt General] Enzo386:
Yeah, I feel the same way. I could live with it if the apps didn't force-run regardless if you killed the process. I don't care if they include them, just let us remove them by choice...

They wonder why people want to root their devices ASAP :D . If I can give Apple one major credit in what their doing, it would be that they don't force 3rd party apps down your throat like other manufacturers. I wish manufacturers who used Android would keep the open source mentality in mind when making their stock roms. It's all about choice isn't it? Or at least thats what its supposed to be.
[Thunderbolt General] MXMike:
I'm getting great battery life. Currently I'm at 12.5 hours with 60% left. That is with an hour and fifteen minutes of voice calls and 2 hrs of screen on time. 4g radio off and on wifi all day